Wasn’t Newsweek sold for a dollar? Guess you could say you get what you pay for …

From Newsweek:

“FDR did die in office in ‘45 and the 22nd amendment did come in ‘47 but Congress did start the legislative process in 1944 prior to his death so that he would not be reelected,” another Twitter user wrote in Ocasio-Cortez’s defense. “It was not ratified soon enough and he won in ‘44. AOC did not misspeak, friends.”

The National Constitution Center also had Ocasio-Cortez’s back. On its website, the nonpartisan organization explained: “Talk about a presidential term-limits amendment started in 1944, when Republican candidate Thomas Dewey said a potential 16-year term for Roosevelt was a threat to democracy.

Newsweek, the answer is no. Read the amendment, read a history book or talk to someone who has done so. FDR was dead, and if he had been living, it wouldn't have applied to him. It didn't apply to Truman either.

Ok, so let’s pretend we take Newsweek seriously on this and argue their point.

The 22nd Amendment includes a “Grandfather Clause” that states it would not apply “to any person holding the office of President, when this Article was proposed by the Congress” so even with this asinine interpretation by @Newsweek, FDR would have been immune to the amendment…

It's dumber than that. Apparently @CallumPaton1 hasn't read the 22nd Amendment. By its own terms, it wouldn't have applied to FDR if he was still president when it was ratified. Truman could've kept running and running for reelection cc @PolitiBunnypic.twitter.com/irOWRITwQX